Secular trends, including the growth of passive investing and ETFs, the internalisation of portfolio management, and the integration of ESG factors into the investment process, are creating benchmark and index opportunities.

Dr Ying Liu, Financial Economist at the WFE, writes about voluntary carbon markets.

Dr Kaitao Lin, Senior Financial Economist at the WFE, writes about Exchange ESG initiatives and Environmental Performance.

Before making the investment, technologies need to be thoroughly scrutinized as, ultimately, outdated infrastructure hidden behind modern-tech buzzwords will not withstand future scalability. Only through the adoption of modern tech architecture - SaaS models, asset-agnostic solutions, and a transformative organizational DNA - can exchanges quickly launch new markets.

Tom Skinner, Managing Director at pTools, addresses the challenges faced by exchanges as they seek to produce trusted and verifiable market information to a global standard.

Daria Degtyarenko, Senior Communications Manager at Exactpro, shines the spotlight on the use of simulation in fintech systems delivery.

The Mexican Stock Exchange, from the moment of its creation, has had as one of its most relevant objectives the creation and evolution of the stock market. But for this to be achieved, it must provide the public with information so that together with issuers the stock market can grow.

My preferred quote is: Enjoy every day as if it was your last day! La vie est belle.

World Federation of Exchanges’ Ninth Sustainability Survey Reveals Industry Reached ESG Milestone